Skype has long been known for its free peer-to-peer calling and video chats. If you use Skype to chat with friends, family, or business contacts, learn how to screen share on yournew Chromebook, desktop computer, or mobile device. You can use a web browser, the desktop app, or the Android app.

How to share your screen on Skype in the browser

Skype’s web client is full-featured and easy to use. Sharing your screen is as simple as pressing a couple of buttons.

You can’t use the screen sharing feature with Firefox. If you’re called on to share something for work or an interview, use Chrome, Edge, or the Skype application.

Skype Stop sharing option

How to share your screen on Skype using the desktop application

If you use the desktop application for your Skype chatting, the process is mostly the same as using the browser version.

How to share your screen on Skype using Android

Screen sharing on your phone or a tablet is slightly different from on a desktop.

Sharing is caring

Now that you know how to share your screen, it’s up to you to decide what you do with it. You can do anything from helping someone with their homework, collaborating on a video game, orwatching a new moviewith a friend.

Skype Windows app video chat highlighting the Stop sharing icon

Skype Windows app video chat screen highlighting the Confirm stop sharing modal

Skype mobile app video chat screen highlighting the 3-dot menu

Skype mobile app Start recording or casting with Skype confimation window